@article{ZiemonsHeinrichsStreunetal.2004,
  author    = {Ziemons, Karl and Heinrichs, U. and Streun, M. and Pietrzyk, U.},
  title     = {Validation of GEANT3 simulation studies with a dual-head PMT ClearPET™ prototype},
  series = {2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 5},
  journal   = {2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 5},
  issn      = {1082-3654},
  pages     = {3053 -- 3056},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {The ClearPET™ project is proposed by working groups of the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC) to develop a 2nd generation high performance small animal positron emission tomograph (PET). High sensitivity and high spatial resolution is foreseen for the ClearPET™ camera by using a phoswich arrangement combining mixed lutetium yttrium aluminum perovskite (LuYAP:Ce) and lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillating crystals. Design optimizations for the first photomultiplier tube (PMT) based ClearPET camera are done with a Monte-Carlo simulation package implemented on GEANT3 (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland). A dual-head prototype has been built to test the frontend electronics and was used to validate the implementation of the GEANT3 simulation tool. Multiple simulations were performed following the experimental protocols to measure the intrinsic resolution and the sensitivity profile in axial and radial direction. Including a mean energy resolution of about 27.0\% the simulated intrinsic resolution is about (1.41±0.11)mm compared to the measured of (1.48±0.06)mm. The simulated sensitivity profiles show a mean square deviation of 12.6\% in axial direction and 3.6\% in radial direction. Satisfactorily these results are representative for all designs and confirm the scanner geometry.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HeinrichsPietrzykZiemons2003,
  author    = {Heinrichs, U. and Pietrzyk, U. and Ziemons, Karl},
  title     = {Design optimization of the PMT-ClearPET prototypes based on simulation studies with GEANT3},
  series = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},
  volume    = {50},
  journal   = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},
  number    = {5},
  isbn      = {0018-9499},
  pages     = {1428 -- 1432},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC), four centers are developing second generation high performance small animal positron emission tomography (PET) scanners for different kinds of animals and medical applications. The first prototypes are photomultiplier tube (PMT)-based systems including depth of interaction (DOI) detection by using a phoswich layer of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) and lutetium yttrium aluminum perovskite (LuYAP). The aim of these simulation studies is to optimize sensitivity and spatial resolution of given designs, which vary in fields of view (FOVs) caused by different detector configurations (ring/octagon) and sizes. For this purpose the simulation tool GEANT3 (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) was used.},
  language  = {en}
}